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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby AQuintus on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:32 pm

cpfsf wrote:not trying to be a negative nancy, but i don't think i'll watch an all star event in the future. they should just rename it the "best buddies for life extravaganza."


I'm thinking this, too.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Calinks on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:39 pm

There are off years and on years with events. This is looking like an off year for the most part.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby The J Rocka on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:40 pm

Well that was disappointing. Lets hope G$ do something again.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Calinks on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:43 pm

I like how NBA 2K13 makes the dunk contest impossible. You can do a dunk that destroys anything we have seen this millennium and they don't give you anything. The expectations are so ridiculously out of proportion compared to real life. These guys aren't even finishing dunks lol.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby The J Rocka on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:45 pm

Not like the good 'ol days. Sigh.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Calinks on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:52 pm

Definitely one of the worst dunk contest in the recent crop of mediocre ones. Actually, I think this is the worst I have seen.

I enjoyed the Rising stars game, 3 pt contest, and skills challenge. The shooting stars one was all right too. Celebrity game was boring this year and Dunk contest was very bad IMO
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Devilzsidewalk on Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:55 pm

is it too much to ask to have one single allstar weekend that isn't tipping the scales of awkardness? every single year...
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Mattya on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:01 pm

Yea these just have been really boring. You could get rid of the dunk contest and I wouldn't blink. It has been surviving from the rep of past contests for a while now.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby AQuintus on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:13 pm

Mattya wrote:Yea these just have been really boring. You could get rid of the dunk contest and I wouldn't blink. It has been surviving from the rep of past contests for a while now.


There's a lot of things they could (and should) get rid of to make the entire weekend way better. Things like the musical performances, the side interviews (especially the "coach" interviews), the award ceremonies (still have them but not televised), etc. The entire thing could be cut down by an hour or two and they'd still be able to increase time spent on actual basketball.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Devilzsidewalk on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:13 pm

i thought the dunk contest would be better, i liked the roster for once. Started out great w/ Green's first dunk, but White didnt add much
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby southern wolf on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:14 pm

Well the first round of the dunk contest was cringe worthy, but the final wasn't bad. I thought the 3 pt shootout was pretty good.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Calinks on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:19 pm

They need to get more names in the events. They need to add some new events that are exciting whether that's 2 on 2 challenge or something. They have been trying to add stuff but its not interesting.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby PZiv on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:37 pm

Lets just get Vince Carter with his 35 years and his prime already being fossilized on dunk contest to see what his knees might still do, seriously.
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Klomp on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:39 pm

Sounds like I didn't miss much?
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Re: All-Star Weekend

Postby Devilzsidewalk on Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:48 pm

Klomp wrote:Sounds like I didn't miss much?


2 teams of an nba player, wnba player, and an old guy bricked half court shots, some PGs threw passes through a hoop, bunch of guys shot threes, then some other guys did a couple cool dunks and missed the rest. In between there were some bands playing feedback with some music in the background.
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